Voters to decide income tax

6:03 AM,
Jul. 24, 2012

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MARION - A 0.25 percent income tax is headed for the Nov. 6 ballot after Marion City Council's adoption of legislation Monday evening.

The income tax increase would generate $1.7 million per year, $680,000 each for the police and fire departments and $170,000 each for street maintenance and repair, and dispatch/disaster services, City Auditor Kelly Carr estimated.

Passage of the tax increase would allow the police department, which has 40 officers, to bring back eight of 15 officers laid off at the end of last year, Chief Tom Bell has said. The fire department would be able to raise staffing ...